I've been writing about my experiences with 3d Vision, and subsequently 3d Vision Surround, for almost two years now and one of the more common responses from non users is "3d Vision is a gimmick, won't last".

Today I think I can finally say that 3d Vision and the NVIDIA 3d related technologies have achieved mainstream market penetration with over 1000 products in the 3d Vision ecosystem:

Look at this community of enthusiasts. I haven't seen that many posts about people talking about how they've shelled out for a system to game in 3D. And if it hasn't penetrated the enthusiast community, it'll be a while yet before it becomes mainstream.

I'll throw in my opinion, since many ask me about 3D in general: It's a not quite a gimmick, but it's also not exactly "mainstream" either. To be honest, I think it's a grab for more money for all those involved: Hollywood has been unsuccessful at stopping movie piracy so they are bringing back 3D simply as a means to keep the masses in their theaters. Technology manufacturers then can use the "bring home the experience" scheme to draw even more cash in.

I consider myself an Enthusiast (novice Enthusiast) and I'm not in the least bit interested in 3D Gaming tbqh.......the glasses ......ugh....even 3D TV's on display don't do anything at all for me....3D always has been a gimmick and always be ......the only way I see it Mainstream is when the technology goes beyond wearing the glasses.....

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3D is kinda meh to me. I would rather see Physx more common and better utilized with Nvidia officially allowing their GPUs to be used along side ATI/AMD ones. It would seem such thoughts are extreme wishful thinking though. >_>

You guys are forgetting something: with 3D Vision Play, the system is now compatible with many LCD HDTVs. IMO, this alone makes it MUCH more accessible to people who want to give 3D a try.

HOWEVER, I personally think stereo 3D + movies will be nothing more than a gimmick until more native stereo 3D movies are released. Crap like Clash of the Titans, Coraline, etc is giving a bad name to 3D.

3D gaming on the PC is something altogether different. I find it translates extremely well in certain genres like racing and FPS. On the other hand it doesn't add anything to strategy games.